November 2008 Sales: Subaru of America

- Year-to-Date Sales Up 1-Percent -

- November Sales Down 8-Percent -

- Forester Sets Record November sales, Up 64-percent -

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced an 8-percent decrease in sales for the month of November versus November 2007. Subaru remains one of the few automotive brands to show a sales increase for the year, with total sales year-to-date up 1-percent. Subaru of America sold 170,412 units through November compared with 168,469 units during the same period last year.

Sales for the Subaru Forester were up 64-percent and the Subaru Impreza posted a 4-percent gain with unit sales of 4,996 and 3,873 respectively.

                      08-Nov    07-Nov     +/-   YTD 08    YTD 07     +/-
    Impreza            3,873     3,731      4%   44,906    40,957     10%
    Legacy             1,529     1,793    -15%   20,772    19,028      9%
    Outback*           2,686     4,879    -45%   40,213    51,503    -22%
    Forester           4,996     3,046     64%   54,249    40,538     34%
    Tribeca              622     1,417    -56%   10,270    15,319    -33%
    Total**           13,706    14,868     -8%  170,412   168,469      1%


    *Includes Legacy Wagon
    **Total sales include 2 Baja sales in '08 including 1 in Oct. '08. Include
      1122 Baja sales '07 YTD.